No. 6 Syracuse Surprised By Barros, Boston College

Dana Barros scored 31 points for Boston College tonight and made two free throws with 1 minute 41 seconds left as the Big East Conference's last-place team stunned sixth-ranked Syracuse, 90-87.

The foul shots came during a 10-0 run and gave the Eagles the lead for good at 82-81. Barros followed with an off-balance 15-foot jumper to make it 84-81 with 40 seconds remaining.

Sherman Douglas, who led Syracuse with 24 points, missed a 3-point shot with 26 seconds to go, and Bobby Moran sank two free throws for Boston College 4 seconds later.

Douglas's layup with 16 seconds left made it 86-83, but the Orangemen came no closer. Doug Able hit two free throws for the Eagles before Douglas made another layup with six seconds to play. Barros hit two foul shots with three seconds remaining, and Stevie Thompson scored Syracuse's final basket with one second left.

Boston College, 11-15 over all and 3-12 in the Big East, led by 47-37 at halftime. But Syracuse (24-6, 9-6) rallied behind Douglas and used a 10-0 run to take a 74-67 lead with 8:06 to play.

Moran's 3-pointer began an Eagle rally. After Roe's fourth 3-pointer put Syracuse ahead, 81-76, with 3:47 remaining, Able hit two free throws and a foul-line jumper that drew the Eagles to within 81-80 with 2:33 remaining. Illinois 63, Minnesota 58

A 3-point basket by Ray Gaffney of Minnesota (14-11, 6-9) tied at the score at 31-31 with 14:20 to play. But Illinois responded with four baskets: two by Anderson and one each by Larry Smith and Marcus Liberty.

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The Gophers came back with 3-pointers by Willie Burton and Kevin Lynch.

The Fighting Illini led by 55-49 with less than two minutes to play and ended their scoring by making the eight free throws as Minnesota fouled to get possession of the ball. The victory avenged an earlier loss to the Gophers. Burton scored 19 points for Minnesota. Illinois led after the tip-off, but Minnesota, trying to control the game against its quicker opponent, effectively ran a cautious offense to stay close. Michigan State 83, Iowa 81

IOWA CITY (AP) - Kirk Manns scored 22 points and five 3-point shots, and Steve Smith hit the go-ahead free throws to lead Michigan State to the upset of No. 11 Iowa in another Big Ten game.

Smith's two free throws with 1:45 to play gave the Spartans (14-12, 5-11) an 81-80 lead and thwarted a late rally by Iowa (21-7, 9-6), which trailed by 75-65 with 7:25 left.

B. J. Armstrong, an 82 percent free-throw shooter, had a chance to tie the score at 81-81, but he missed the front end of a one-and-one opportunity. Mark Montgomery converted two foul shots with 33 seconds to play to give Michigan State an 83-80 lead.

Armstrong, who finished with 10 points, nearly half his average, made one free throw with seven seconds to play but Iowa failed to score after grabbing the rebound of his intentional miss on the second shot. North Carolina State 94 Maryland 77 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Chucky Brown scored 23 points and Rodney Monroe added 22 to spark No. 20 North Carolina State (19-7, 9-4) in the Atlantic Coast Conference game.

North Carolina State led by 10 points at the half. Brown scored on a reverse dunk with 16:30 left and the Wolfpack used three straight steals to go up by 60-43 with 15 minutes left.

The lead grew to 71-47 when Mickey Hinnant scored with 11:10 to go. Maryland (8-18, 1-12) pulled within 14 points on two occasions but could draw no closer.

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A version of this article appears in print on March 3, 1989, on Page A00034 of the National edition with the headline: No. 6 Syracuse Surprised By Barros, Boston College. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe